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Our Concerns

Some of us moved here expecting that air quality near the ocean would be much better than air in large metropolitan areas. Not necessarily true, we found.

While pollutants that are normally measured, such as auto emissions, may be lower here, we discovered that there were problems such as continuous industrial emissions, and sometimes smoke and herbicides.

Lincoln County continues to have high cancer rates compared with other counties in Oregon.

We have citizen complaints, past and present, of adverse health effects due to pollution.

We believe that air quality rules in some cases may not provide an adequate margin of health protection for children, the elderly, some healthy adults, asthmatics, and people with various other health problems.

We are concerned that the air we breathe is not being tested.

Much is still unknown about the effects of toxic air pollutants on health, but what IS known is that long term exposures to low levels of pollution can cause permanent adverse health effects.

It makes sense to take a precautionary approach, to err on the side of health and safety for all, especially children, rather than profits or convenience for a few.

We have been encouraged by reports of industrial facilities in other regions that voluntarily reduced pollution levels to find that workers became more productive and the company benefited financially.

It is absurd and tragic to continue to poison our world and ourselves just because it is legal to do so. -Angeline Johnston, mother, Shoreline, WA.

The Title V Handbook. Title V refers to a section of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments pertaining to certain large sources of air pollution. This is a well-organized guide to the Title V permitting process, how to review a permit, rights of citizens to petition EPA, etc.